: It would seem to possibly refer to India's consideration of the
cow as holy. A man from India explained to me that the cow was considered
holy in old times because the mothers, a lot of times, died during
childbirth. The cows took over (with their milk, of course) as a
sort of surrogate mother. Of course, I have basis as to whether
this is factual, but it appeased my curiosity for the time.